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Academies: Expenditure

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total capital spend was on the school academy programme in England in each year since 2003-04; and what percentage that total represented of all new secondary school building capital expenditure in England in each year. (189199)

The following table details the capital provision for academies as a proportion of the corresponding figure for all schools.

The Department does not keep a record of the capital funding split between primary and secondary schools. This is because local authorities’ formulaic funding is not ring-fenced, and the split of expenditure between primary and secondary schools is decided at local authority level.

The figures for academies, similarly, will include any contributions that the Department has made towards the primary element of academy school buildings.

All schools (£ million)

Academies (£ million)

Academies as a proportion of all schools (percentage)

2003-04

14,144.0

1130.3

3.1

2004-05

14,861.0

1222.1

4.6

2005-06

15,262.0

1251.7

4.8

2006-07

24,984.0

1385.7

7.7

2007-08

36,320.0

2425.0

6.7

1 Actual outturn

2 Estimated outturn

3 Planned